me upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
21:18. They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes
which the whirlwind scattereth.
21:19. God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and
when he shall repay, then shall he know.
21:20. His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the
wrath of the Almighty.
21:21. For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if
the number of his months be diminished by one half?
21:22. Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are
high?
21:23. One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.
21:24. His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with
marrow.
21:25. But another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches:
21:26. And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall
cover them.
21:27. Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against
me.
21:28. For you say: Where is the house of the prince? and where are the
dwelling places of the wicked?
21:29. Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive
that he knoweth these same things.
21:30. Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and
he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
21:31. Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him
what he hath done?
21:32. He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of
the dead.
21:33. He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall
draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.
Acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus... The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome
has here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets represent as a
river in hell,) signifies a valley or a torrent: and in this place, is
taken for the low region of death and hell: which willingly, as it were,
receives the wicked at their death: who are ushered in by innumerable
others that have gone before them; and are followed by multitudes above
number.
21:34. How then do ye comfort me in vain, whereas your answer is shewn
to be repugnant to truth?
Job Chapter 22
Eliphaz falsely imputes many crimes to Job, but promises him prosperity
if he will repent.
22:1. Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
22:2. Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect
knowledge?
22:3. What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give
him if t
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